PolyU Joint University Summer Workshop on Information Systems 2023 JUSWIS 2023

Andrew Burton-Jones: Editor-in-Chief, MIS Quarterly

Andrew graduated from UQ's Commerce program in 1998 and worked for several years in IT risk management for one of the Big-4 accounting/consulting firms. He then moved to Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA, to complete his Ph.D., followed by seven years at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where he became a tenured Associate Professor. He returned to UQ in May 2012.

Andrew has taught information systems in undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs, in several counties. He has a particular interest in IT governance and control, IT development, and IT strategy. He undertakes research in three areas. His first area focuses on how effectively organisations use IT. For example, he has been studying the effective use of electronic health records in health authorities. His second research area focused on improving methods to analyse and design IT systems. For example, he has examined ways to improve the specification of user requirements. His third research stream focuses on improving theories and methods used by researchers in the Information Systems discipline.

He has published in and served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, and other outlets. He recently completed a term as Representative for the Americas for the Association of Information Systems and commenced a term as International Representative for the Academy of Management (OCIS Division). He is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia, and Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly (2021-2023).

Sarker Suprateek: Editor-in-Chief, Information Systems Research

Suprateek Sarker (“Supra”) is Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Commerce Professor (Information Technology) at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. Prof. Sarker holds an Honorary Professorship of Business Information Systems at the University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia. He was formerly the Philip Kays Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at Washington State University and the Microsoft Chair of Information Systems at the Copenhagen Business School.

Prof. Sarker's research, which is largely qualitative or mixed-methods in nature, has been published in many journals, including MIS Quarterly; Information Systems Research; Journal of Management Information Systems; Journal of the Association of Information Systems; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and other outlets.

He serves on the editorial boards of a number of leading academic journals, including Information Systems Research (as senior editor), Journal of MIS Quarterly (as a member of the board of editors), and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (as an editorial board member). In addition, he serves as an Editorial Advisory Board member of journals such as Information & Organization; Information Technology & People; Decision Support Systems; AIS Transactions on HCI; Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems; and International Journal of Information Management. He is also a past editor-in-chief of Journal of the AIS and Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, and a past senior editor of MIS Quarterly and Decision Sciences Journal.

Pei-yu (Sharon) Chen: Senior Editor, Information Systems Research

Dr Pei-yu Sharon Chen is the Earl and Gladys Davis Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Information Systems. She is also the co-Director of the Actionable Analytics Lab at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. Prior to joining ASU, she served on the faculty at Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University and Fox School of Business, Temple University. She received her PhD from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr Chen’s research are interdisciplinary, spanning across Information Systems, Economics, Management and Strategy, Marketing, and Operations. Her recent research focuses on data analytics, IT-enabled strategies, crowdsourcing, open innovation and AI applications and impacts. Dr Chen’s work has been published in leading business journals such as Management Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management. Dr Chen was awarded the Dean’s Distinguished Research Career Award at the W. P. Carey School of Business. Many of Dr Chen’s research has triggered industry interests and been implemented in practice. Dr Chen has also worked with many corporate partners in research, in industries such as E-commerce, Education, Financial Services, Information Technology, Health Care, Manufacturing and Retailing. Professionally, Dr Chen has served on the editorial boards of Management Science and Information Systems Research. She has also served as co-chair for several premier conferences/workshops and has been frequently invited as a speaker or panelist in top tier conferences/workshops and at other leading research universities.

Bin Gu: Department Chair, Senior Editor, Information Systems Research

Bin Gu is a distinguished professor at Boston University, where he holds the title of Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar and serves as the Chair of the Department of Information Systems. Prof. Gu's achievements have been recognized by the INFORMS Information Systems Society, which named him a Distinguished Fellow.

Prof. Gu’s research focuses on the areas of data analytics, online platforms, online social media and social network, mobile commerce and IT-enabled business models. His work has been widely published in leading academic journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Retailing, Management Science, and Decision Support Systems and others.

He currently serves as a Senior Editor at Information Systems Research, and has previously served in the same capacity at MIS Quarterly. He has also guest edited a special issue of MIS Quarterly on "Managing AI" and associate edited special issues of Information Systems Research on "Social Media and Business Transformation" and "Fintech - Innovating the Financial Industry."

Elena Karahanna: Advisory Senior Editor, Information Systems Research

Elena Karahanna is a University of Georgia Distinguished Research Professor and the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Distinguished Chair in Business Administration in the MIS Department, Terry College of Business, at the University of Georgia. She was named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems. And she has also held visiting appointments in Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, and Italy and was on the faculty at the University of Cyprus and at Florida State University.

Elena’s expertise are in the implementation and use of information systems, health IT, IS leadership especially at the CIO level, social media, and cross-cultural issues. Her research has been published in leading scholarly journals in Information Systems (e.g., Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems) and other disciplines (e.g., Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Academy of Management Discoveries, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science) as well as in practitioner journals (e.g., MIS Quarterly Executive, Cutter Benchmark Review, Business Horizons).  

Elena has served as Advisory Senior Editor at the MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and serves or has served as Associate Editor at Management Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and the European Journal of Information Systems. She has also guest co-edited a special issue of the MIS Quarterly on “The Role of Information Systems and Analytics and Chronic Disease Prevention and Management,” a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management on “IS Leadership,” a Special Issue of MIS Quarterly Executive on “New IS Leadership Roles in a Digital World,” and a Special Issue of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science on “The Future of Technology and Marketing.”

Arun Rai: Former Editor-in-Chief, MIS Quarterly (2016-2020)

Arun Rai is Regents’ Professor of the University System of Georgia, holds the Howard S. Starks Distinguished Chair, and is Director of the Center for Digital Innovation at the Robinson College of Business (RCB) at Georgia State University. He has held visiting appointments at universities in Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, and Slovenia. He was named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems and a Distinguished Fellow of the INFORMS Information Systems Society and the Association for Information Systems LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement in the Information Systems discipline.

For over 30 years, Arun’s research has focused on the development and deployment of information systems to drive innovation and create value. His research has contributed to understanding the digital transformation of organizations and supply chains; governance of IT investments and platform ecosystems; and deployment of digital innovations at scale to empower individuals and address thorny societal problems including poverty, health disparities, infant mortality, and digital inequality.

Arun’s work has been published extensively in premier journals in IS and other disciplines, with 250 peer-reviewed articles that include 120 refereed journal articles in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, and Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. He is ranked among the top 5 scholars for publications over the last 20 years in the IS field’s top-2 journals (MISQ and ISR). His work has received several best paper awards and has been widely cited both in leading journals in the IS discipline and in leading journals in other disciplines (e.g., Accounting, Marketing, Operations Management, Strategic Management, Computer Science, Education, Healthcare, and Psychology).

He served a 5-year term (2016-2020) as Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly (MISQ), widely regarded as the premier IS journal. He has also served as Senior Editor for MISQ, ISR, and Journal of Strategic Information Systems and Associate Editor for several leading journals (e.g., ISR, MISQ, Management Science, JMIS); Panelist for the National Science Foundation; Track Co-Chair for major conferences; chair, mentor and keynote speaker for doctoral/junior faculty/mid-career faculty consortia; and President of the Special Interest Group on the Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology.

Jason Bennett Thatcher: Senior Editor, Information Systems Research

Dr Thatcher holds the Milton F. Stauffer Professorship in the Department of Management Information Systems at the Fox School of Business of Temple University. He also holds faculty appointments at the Technical University of Munich, the Information Technology University-Copenhagen, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Jason studies individual decision-making, strategic alignment, and workforce issues related to the effective and secure application of information technologies in organizations. His more recent projects direct attention to cybersecurity and social media. Jason’s work appears in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Applied Psychology, and other outlets. Jason has published (or forthcoming) papers in Financial Times 50 listed journals about once a year since earning his Ph.D. He appears on the MIS Quarterly’s most prolific authors list, placing him in the top 35 or so active researchers in the Information Systems discipline.

Jason serves as Senior Editor at Information Systems Research as well as Journal of the Association for Information Systems and has served as Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly. He served on the editorial boards of the European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Sciences, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. He was recognized as a top Associate Editor by Information Systems Research.

Han Zhang: Senior Editor, MIS Quarterly

Dr Han Zhang is a Professor in Information Technology Management (ITM) and Steven A. Denning Professor of Technology & Management. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves as the Faculty Director of the Steven A. Denning Technology & Management (T&M) Program. He was the ITM Area Coordinator from 2007 to 2012 and he served as the Faculty Director of the Executive MBA Program from 2013 to 2016. Dr Zhang held the Helen and John Taylor Rhett, Jr. Term Professorship from 2008 to 2012. He is also an affiliate research faculty member of the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr Zhang's research focuses on the economics of information technology, online trust and reputation, online word-of-mouth, and the evolution of electronic markets. His research work on the institutional setup to help small businesses grow in the digital economy has been used as the basis for testimony before the Congressional House Committee on Small Business. His research has appeared in several premier journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Decision Support Systems among others. Dr Zhang currently serves as a senior editor for MIS Quarterly. He is also a senior editor for Information & Management and Journal of Information Systems and E-Business Management.